Music and Little Einsteins

Music takes an active role in the Little Einsteins missions, encouraging musical discovery while teaching preschoolers to listen to and create music and understand its effects.

Little Einsteins makes viewers aware of the show’s score by giving it an active role in each episode. So, rather than just hearing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ as an underscored melody, viewers meet a caterpillar who “sings” ‘Ode to Joy,’ and when Annie’s birthday balloons bump together, they “play” Mozart’s ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.’

The Concept of the Steady Beat

The steady beat is at the heart of every Little Einsteins episode, providing a natural way to get preschoolers actively involved in the program. Also, studies show that the ability to keep a steady beat helps children learn and develop in reading, social interaction and other life skills.

Listening to Music

Little Einsteins encourages your child to both listen to and hear the beautiful layers of music that give each piece personality and texture. Your children will become familiar with expressive musical elements such as dynamics (crescendo, diminuendo), tempo (allegro, adagio), texture (legato, staccato) and pitch (high, low). Each musical score plays a role in the physical geography of the show, providing a visual representation of each music concept.

A crescendo may be used to help the sun rise and staccato may be represented by a rollercoaster with three different tracks. Through the creative use of music, preschoolers learn to identify repetition of melodies, rhythms and form in orchestrated music and instruments.

Creating Music

Little Einsteins’ unique style of animation marries the music to the visuals. When Rocket flies up and over a mountain, the musical score reaches a crescendo (growing louder and louder), encouraging viewers to hum or sing along.

Your child will learn to sing variations of a piece of music by humming, “la la la”-ing or even “moo”-ing with a herd of cows to spectacular pieces like Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy.’

Musical Collaboration

As the lovable Little Einsteins team work harmoniously to complete their missions, the musical content gives preschoolers a powerful new way to dramatize the team’s collaborations. When the team helps a group of butterflies go from a quarrelling, fractured crowd to the harmony of butterfly peace, the music helps send a strong message about conflict resolution than any dialogue ever could.